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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
1
The editor notes Iowa football fans daydream about a Rose Bowl bid after a big game. He recounts turning down ticket offers and mentions Prairieburg’s new telephone system starting November 15, praising local board members volunteers. He stresses public speaking for success and observes October’s busy schedule with 31 days plus special periods.
At a French Geographical Society gathering an expert describes Malays view of apes as clever humans who avoid speaking to avoid taxes. A Holstein Friesian registry excerpt lists cows with milk and butterfat totals, testing by Iowa State College, noting George Slater & Son Clover Brook Farm among highlighted entries.
Wyoming High defeated Olin 6-5 in a Thursday baseball game at Wyoming. Merlyn Usher doubled with bases loaded in the first inning as Wyoming scored four. Olin answered with two runs in the second and three in the fifth. Winning run scored on a squeeze bunt by Eugene Lockstead after Donald Carstensen and James Gallatin singled.
The Wyoming and Oxford Junction Methodist Youth Fellowships co host a youth rally at Wyoming church on October 3 with participants from Maquoketa Sub district and area congregations. The event runs 2 30 p m to 8 p m includes a business meeting recreation a film and lunch. Speaker is Raymond Keller superintendent of Wyoming schools. Kenneth Harden begins studies at Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston Illinois September 27. The Eastern Stars hold regular meeting October 4 at Masonic Hall with initiation planned.
A 1954 letter from the Department of Public Safety Des Moines Iowa praised Monticello Rotary Club for safety work and driver education efforts. The writer notes ongoing support from law enforcement and safety groups and anticipates broader qualified driver education across Iowa.
A governor endorses a statewide school safety plan with enthusiastic cooperation from public and parochial schools. Pearl W. McMurry, Commissioner, thanks recipients for their support and mentions placing instructors in every school.
Wyoming section notes the Jones County Schoolmasters Club will meet September 29 at 6 p.m. in the Olin high school building to elect officers and plan next year’s program. No school on September 28 as teachers attend the Bi County Institute in Mount Vernon. New Roche Memorial Library books include Richard Walden's Wife and Maggie by Vivian Breck.
News notes visitors and family moments in the Bruning home. Bert Peck departed for Florida after a long stay. Leroy J. Bender celebrated his 92nd birthday with an all day party and a watermelon feast. Cedar Rapids visitors called on the Garsides. Dinner guests included R. D. Stoffel and Albeta Krumroy. Harold Shaffer and two friends stayed in the Shaffer home from Fort Riley. Donna Morey and Janis Gottleaber visited Cedar Falls. Marie Pickett vacationed with the Pickett family while Henry Caspers family visited the Pickett household.
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